Assessment

Standard Level

Internal Assessment

Project: The development of an original IT product for a specified client

• A: Initial investigation

• B: Analysis

• C: Project schedule

• D: Product design

• E: Product development

• F: Product evaluation and future product development

• G: Required elements

External Assessment

Paper 1: Structured questions that assess in an integrated way the three strands of the syllabus

• Social and ethical significance

• Application to specific scenarios

• IT systems

Paper 2: Students are required to write a response to an unseen article

• A: The issue and stakeholder(s)

• B: The IT concepts and processes

• C: The impact of the social/ethical issue(s) on stakeholders

• D: A solution to a problem arising from the article

Higher Level

Internal Assessment

Project: The development of an original IT product for a specified client

• A: Initial investigation

• B: Analysis

• C: Project schedule

• D: Product design

• E: Product development

• F: Product evaluation and future product development

• G: Required elements

External Assessment

Paper 1: Structured questions that assess in an integrated way the three strands of the syllabus, including HL topics

• Social and ethical significance

• Application to specific scenarios

• IT systems

Paper 2: Students are required to write a response to an unseen article

• A: The issue and stakeholder(s)

• B: The IT concepts and processes

• C: The impact of the social/ethical issue(s) on stakeholders

• D: A solution to a problem arising from the article

Paper 3

• Questions based on a pre-seen case study